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DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs NetCrunch comparison

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
47th
Ranking in Server Monitoring
15th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
33rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
120
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (28th), AIOps (23rd)
NetCrunch
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
70th
Ranking in Server Monitoring
27th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
62nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (51st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetCrunch is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
DX Unified Infrastructure Management1.1%
NetCrunch0.7%
Other98.2%
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Solution Architect at SA Consulting
Helps us provide visibility into network performance, capacity planning, and cost analysis
Better support and more accessible resources are crucial. Customers have expressed that support is not as flexible, and it is difficult to obtain necessary information quickly. Customers would benefit from improved training material for integration with other products. The solution's pricing is high and needs to be reconsidered, and the technical support should improve to provide more accessible and open information.
it_user1038504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Administrator, Technical Lead at Connectivity Wireless
A network monitoring platform with a useful reporting feature, but permission-based options could be better
The initial setup is fairly easy. Most of it's wizard-based. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to set it up. But if you don't know certain things related to protocols and everything else, it might be difficult. If you know how SNMP works, it'll be fairly simple to set up.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"This product is very flexible for the administrator; we can do whatever we want, and it is easily customizable and upgradable."
"The primary benefit for us at this stage in our approach is that we've been able to cut outages by about 300%."
"With UIM, the ROI is way up there."
"The second major feature is the user-friendly interface; it's the best feature for our customers, because we are the implementers of the software."
"Great customized dashboards and drill down reports with auto serve analytics."
"It helps us to reduce the time and cost involved and the number of employees involved."
"It is the foundation for our monitoring solution."
"The most valuable features of UIM are that it's scalable and it's relatively easy to set up monitoring on the servers."
"Reporting on NetCrunch is pretty good; it's very similar to SolarWinds, just with a different interface, and the majority of everything there was beneficial."
"The setup is very intuitive and quick - it all just took a few minutes we were done."
 

Cons

"One of the biggest areas to improve would be the training aspect."
"The biggest concern stability wise falls under UMP, the management protocol. We’ve had a hard time bringing it up and keeping it stable."
"Parts of the Unified Management Portal are not written in HTML5. I would like all components (Portlets) to be HTML5."
"I would like to see them improve integrations with other CA products to use the data on dashboards and more widgets on UIM dashboards."
"The licensing cost is several hundred thousand dollars a year, and we're only getting several hundred dollars' worth of value since we're doing basic stuff."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"I would like to see auditability. We've built our own audit functionality to ensure that every CI has the desired model configuration applied to it. And we run that on a daily basis. If that became part of the product, I think it might be a little bit less intensive in terms of resource, because we're doing it with scripts."
"Product stability and performance, especially in Linux environments needs to be improved."
"I didn't care for the role-based, permission-based options, which were not the best."
"Our network is made up of a lot of Cisco devices, and it needs improvements."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."
"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."
"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."
"CAD $400,000 annually."
"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."
"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise80
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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for DX Infrastructure Manager?
We are an integrating company that offers DX Unified Infrastructure Management to customers. We help them set it up, do the integration, and provide support. Our end customers include financial ins...
What advice do you have for others considering DX Infrastructure Manager?
I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution. I would rate it nine out of ten due to its robust functionality and capability to support inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Infrastructure Manager?
The pricing of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is high and often a concern for customers. The cost is higher compared to other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), which is feedback we hav...
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Also Known As

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager
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Sample Customers

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex
manufacturing, banking, utilities, energy, universities, healthcare institutions, school districts, military and police entities, non-profit organizations, 
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